1961 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
5th place • Eastern Conference • 6-8-0 .429 |
Head Coach: Buddy Parker |
Jack Butler | Assistant Coach |
Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
Art Lewis | Assistant Coach |
Thurman McGraw | Assistant Coach |
Mike Nixon | Assistant Coach |
Dick Plasman | Assistant Coach |
Ken Stilley | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/12/1961 | N | Baltimore Colts | 24-20 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 15000 | |
Wed | 8/16/1961 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 13723 | |
Sat | 8/26/1961 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-14 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 13090 | |
Sat | 9/2/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 6-38 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 27782 | |
Fri | 9/8/1961 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 45273 | |
Sun | 9/17/1961 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 24-27 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 23500 | |
Sun | 9/24/1961 | H | New York Giants | 14-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 35587 | |
Sun | 10/1/1961 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40707 | |
Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-21 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15072 | |
Sun | 10/22/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 29266 | |
Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 20-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21686 | |
Sun | 11/5/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 62723 | |
Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 37-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17519 | |
Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | New York Giants | 21-42 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62592 | |
Sun | 11/26/1961 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 30-27 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17090 | |
Sun | 12/3/1961 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-35 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21653 | |
Sun | 12/10/1961 | A | Washington Redskins | 30-14 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 21134 | |
Sun | 12/17/1961 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 0-20 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 16298 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Ed Beatty | 57 | C | 6-3 | 229 | 29 | Mississippi | 6 | 0 |
Charlie Bradshaw | 71 | LOT | 6-6 | 255 | 25 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 31 | Iowa; Southern California | 11 | 9 |
Len Burnett | 86 | LS | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Oregon | 4 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 20 | LS-RCB | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10 | 10 |
Preston Carpenter | 40 | TE | 6-2 | 197 | 27 | Arkansas | 13 | 12 |
Skip Clement | 28 | TE | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | North Carolina | 14 | 2 |
Bobby Coronado | 46 | SE | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Solano CC; Pacific | 5 | 2 |
Willie Daniel | 44 | RS-LCB | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Mississippi State | 14 | 13 |
George Demko | 74 | OT | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Appalachian State | 1 | 0 |
Dean Derby | 27 | LS-RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Washington | 5 | 5 |
Buddy Dial | 84 | SE-FL | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Rice | 14 | 13 |
Bobby Joe Green | 89 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
Dick Haley | 27 | LS | 5-10 | 193 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 4 |
Mike Henry | 37 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Southern California | 10 | 6 |
Dick Hoak | 42 | HB | 5-11 | 191 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 3 |
Dan James | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 262 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
John Henry Johnson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 32 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 14 | 12 |
John Kapele | 64 | LDE | 6-0 | 240 | 24 | Brigham Young | 14 | 0 |
Brady Keys | 26 | RCB-FL | 6-0 | 189 | 24 | East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State | 12 | 8 |
Dick Klein | 72 | LOT | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Georgia; Iowa | 2 | 0 |
Joe Krupa | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 28 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
Bobby Layne | 22 | QB-K | 6-1 | 201 | 35 | Texas | 8 | 5 |
Gene Lipscomb | 76 | RDT | 6-6 | 284 | 30 | none | 14 | 14 |
Red Mack | 23 | FL | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Notre Dame | 11 | 4 |
Steve Meilinger | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 227 | 31 | Kentucky | 4 | 2 |
Lou Michaels | 79 | LDE-K | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
John Nisby | 65 | ROG-ROT | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 13 | 13 |
Terry Nofsinger | 18 | QB | 6-4 | 209 | 23 | Utah | 5 | 0 |
Buzz Nutter | 51 | C | 6-4 | 230 | 30 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
Myron Pottios | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
John Reger | 50 | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
Johnny Sample | 24 | LCB-RS | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
Mike Sandusky | 62 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 231 | 26 | Maryland | 13 | 10 |
Charley Scales | 34 | FB | 5-11 | 214 | 23 | Indiana | 14 | 2 |
Bob Schmitz | 67 | LB-ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Wisconsin; Montana State | 14 | 0 |
Bob Schnelker | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 214 | 33 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 7 |
Wilbert Scott | 36 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Indiana | 4 | 1 |
Jackie Simpson | 47 | LS | 5-10 | 183 | 27 | Florida | 8 | 0 |
Jack Stanton | 20 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | North Carolina State | 2 | 0 |
Ernie Stautner | 70 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 36 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
Ron Stehouwer | 68 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Colorado State | 14 | 6 |
George Tarasovic | 82 | LLB | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 12 | 7 |
Tom Tracy | 30 | HB | 5-9 | 205 | 27 | Tennessee | 14 | 11 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
2 | 19 | Myron Pottios | LB | Notre Dame |
5 | 59 | Fred Mautino | E | Syracuse |
7 | 90 | Dick Hoak | B | Penn State |
8 | 103 | George Balthazar | T | Tennessee State |
10 | 131 | Red Mack | B | Notre Dame |
11 | 146 | Skip Clement | B | North Carolina |
12 | 159 | Frank Jackunas | T | Detroit Mercy |
14 | 187 | Bob Schmitz | G | Montana State |
15 | 202 | Ray McCowan | B | West Texas A&M |
16 | 215 | Wilbert Scott | B | Indiana |
17 | 230 | Terry Nofsinger | QB | Utah |
18 | 243 | John Simko | E | Augustana (South Dakota) |
19 | 258 | Bernie Wyatt | B | Iowa |
20 | 271 | Mike Jones | QB | San Jose State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 72 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 295 |
Opponents Totals | 65 | 66 | 60 | 96 | 287 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 239 | 102 | 123 | 14 | / % | / % | 52 | 486 | |
Opponents Totals | 218 | 71 | 132 | 15 | / % | / % | 57 | 533 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Dial | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
Lou Michaels | 0 | 27 | 29 | 93.1 | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 0 | 72 |
John Henry Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Preston Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Tom Tracy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 20 |
Bob Schnelker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Rudy Bukich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Red Mack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Johnny Sample | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Bill Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bobby Layne | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Bobby Joe Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0 | 295 |
Opponents Totals | 37 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 0 | 287 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Michaels | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 0 | 47 | 7/8 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 2/10 | 0/0 |
Bobby Joe Green | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
Tom Tracy | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 1 | 47 | 7/8 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 2/12 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 4/ | 4/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Henry Johnson | 213 | 787 | 3.7 | 44 | 6 |
Tom Tracy | 147 | 402 | 2.7 | 26 | 2 |
Dick Hoak | 85 | 302 | 3.6 | 22 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 50 | 184 | 3.7 | 27 | 0 |
Bobby Joe Green | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 33 | 0 |
Brady Keys | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
Bobby Layne | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
Preston Carpenter | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 13 | 0 |
Steve Meilinger | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Buddy Dial | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 15 | 0 |
Terry Nofsinger | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Rudy Bukich | 14 | 4 | 0.3 | 12 | 2 |
Bobby Coronado | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 543 | 1761 | 3.2 | 44 | 10 |
Opponents Totals | 396 | 1463 | 3.7 | 11 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rudy Bukich | 156 | 89 | 57.1 | 51 | 1253 | 8.0 | 14.1 | 88t | 11 | 7.1 | 16 | 10.3 | 193 | 1060 | 67.0 | |
Bobby Layne | 149 | 75 | 50.3 | 58 | 1205 | 8.1 | 16.1 | 53 | 11 | 7.4 | 16 | 10.7 | 89 | 1116 | 62.8 | |
Terry Nofsinger | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 4 | 78 | 7.1 | 11.1 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 70 | 84.7 | |
Tom Tracy | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 8 | 73 | 6.1 | 18.3 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 55.2 |
Dick Hoak | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 13 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 47.9 |
Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
John Henry Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 334 | 176 | 52.7 | 124 | 2622 | 7.9 | 14.9 | 88t | 23 | 6.9 | 34 | 10.2 | 290 | 2332 | 62.1 | |
Opponents Totals | 420 | 201 | 47.9 | 194 | 2780 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 22 | 5.2 | 25 | 6.0 | 334 | 2446 | 62.2 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Dial | 53 | 1047 | 19.8 | 88t | 12 |
Preston Carpenter | 33 | 460 | 13.9 | 40t | 4 |
John Henry Johnson | 24 | 262 | 10.9 | 51 | 1 |
Bob Schnelker | 18 | 331 | 18.4 | 59 | 3 |
Tom Tracy | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 38 | 1 |
Red Mack | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 39 | 2 |
Steve Meilinger | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 17 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 16 | 0 |
Skip Clement | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
Bobby Coronado | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 |
Dick Hoak | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 176 | 2622 | 14.9 | 88t | 23 |
Opponents Totals | 201 | 2780 | 13.8 | 22 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Sample | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 42 | 1 |
Bill Butler | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 71t | 1 |
Willie Daniel | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 41 | 0 |
Jackie Simpson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
Myron Pottios | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
Brady Keys | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
Lou Michaels | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
John Reger | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
George Tarasovic | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Mike Henry | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Dick Haley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 25 | 498 | 19.9 | 71t | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 510 | 15.0 | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Joe Green | 73 | 3431 | 47.0 | 71 | 0 | 251 | ||||
Team Totals | 73 | 3431 | 47.0 | 71 | 0 | 251 | 43.6 | |||
Opponents Totals | 86 | 3766 | 43.8 | 447 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brady Keys | 9 | 1 | 135 | 15.0 | 66 | 0 |
Preston Carpenter | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
Johnny Sample | 26 | 12 | 283 | 10.9 | 55t | 1 |
Team Totals | 40 | 14 | 447 | 11.2 | 66 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 251 | 7.8 | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Sample | 23 | 532 | 23.1 | 59 | 0 | |
Dick Haley | 13 | 278 | 21.4 | 50 | 0 | |
Bill Butler | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 | |
Charlie Scales | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 15 | 0 | |
Brady Keys | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
John Henry Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
Bob Schmitz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 49 | 1020 | 20.8 | 59 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 50 | 1156 | 23.1 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Bradshaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Rudy Bukich | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Preston Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Buddy Dial | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Hoak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Henry Johnson | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
John Kapele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brady Keys | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Krupa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Layne | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
Red Mack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
John Nisby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Myron Pottios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Reger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Sample | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Schnelker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jackie Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Stehouwer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
George Tarasovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 34 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 0 |
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